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History
Although its origin still remain hidden, it was a phoenician enclave. It already existed in Roman times. although we can not say it was one of cities named Murgis, mentioned in Baetica by Pliny the Elder and Ptolemy.

In the Middle Age Motril is a entity specific population during the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, because the muslims large footprints like the name of Motril, the irrigation ditch or the introduction of the production of sugar cane.

When the Christians conquist Motril, there are 2000 inhabitants for agriculture, fishing and the production of silk and sugar. The villa occupied 3.5 km. Outside the city there are two suburb:

al-Majon suburb and al-Couruch suburb and a neighborhood called Jandara.

In Motril’s history, there was a [moorish] uprising in 1596 that finished in 1570 with the christians’ victory. This made a recession of sugar production but this finished 5 years later with the repopulation of [old christians].

By the end of XVI,” Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza’s” church was built.

In the agriculture, the sugar cane was the most important crop, that later was transformed in the sugar’s factories. The most important was La Casa de la Palma,now it’s the place where the “Museo Preindustrial de la Caña de Azúcar” is found.

In 1657, Philip IV granted to Motril the title of city, separating his jurisdiction from Granada.

At the beginning of the next century, Philip V distinguished Motril as “Muy Noble y Leal”, and know this is found in Motril’s shield.